This post on crowdfunding website Youcaring was intended to raise less than a tenth of its final total (Picture: Youcaring)

‘I am flooded with emails everyday from people asking questions and it is so hard to keep up with all of them. I’m just a 24-year-old girl struggling like Shanesha who set this up. I never expected it to blow up this big but I’m still oh so glad it did,’ she wrote on the page.

‘Thank you all so much for your donations and help. I too am struggling to keep my head above water and can relate to all your stories and offers. This is an experience I will truly cherish for the rest of my life.’